Our "AY" society supports local voters making informed decisions about governance opportunities. In 2026 we advocate for the recommendation ofthe VSCA :to merge
We welcome deeper research, analysis, Crown consultation and dialogue with Nations, and merger transition forecasting. All of which are Provincial responsibilities, and all of which could have happened without holding a useless non-binding ballot question (cynically?: designed …
On one hand we’re glad we have the Premier’s attention.
On the other hand, we wish we didn’t need to.
Nothing this week changes the fact that the minister made a bad decision, didn’t face the music, and isn’t willing to listen to non-Vancouver local citizens.
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Op-Ed in the TC +media this week where Trevor calls out Premier Eby & Minister Boyle bare some fruit by Amalgamation Yes (Victoria-Saanich)
via YouTube https://t.co/WZI4WAvfHF
https://t.co/ASJuehwU4W on Bluesky
Saanich Mayor Dean Murdock responds to comments by our Trevor Barry on CFAX #amalgamationYES by Amalgamation Yes (Victoria-Saanich)
via YouTube https://t.co/zauEng2edn
https://t.co/tJwpQvyOnx on Bluesky
We’ve had so much #bcpoli media coverage this week!
https://t.co/w795vynCIU #xp
Nuances & “positioning” has made for dynamic, pivoting dance to observe
Main message this week
• Prov Minister broke a promise without warning or accountability
• We seek fairness, next ballot…
We are very disappointed in Saanich Council tonight.
Press Release
June 22, 2026
- in response to the #saanpoli CotW meeting decision.
https://t.co/b8MTFv6GJr... #xp
https://t.co/KrGrMBxX28 on Bluesky
Here’s the @cheknews.ca Video Story - it features our President Trevor Barry (2026 chair, Capital Region Municipal Amalgamation Society) @trevor4saanich.bsky.social #
https://t.co/7yJMudKPB6...
#xp
https://t.co/FFpOJL1fbD on Bluesky
Entry-level briefing on this unfolding story.
Hoping to see the on-camera interview footage from story’s sources, such as our president Trevor Barry.
We re-iterate that unless the next Ballot Question is Binding, it is illegitimate.
https://t.co/0wzM1SUB4p... #xp
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while we are adding to pile of unanswered questions:
-if you (unlike experts) had concerns about the VSCA report level of detail, why did you wait nearly a year to mention it?
-and why didn’t you say so yourself, rather than leak it quietly through municipal correspondence?
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Tonight #saanpoli CotW (Saanich council): speaking to Provincial denial of our promised BINDING REFERENDUM on the issue this Oct.17th (as properly exposed by #yyjpoli agenda package also happening later this week)
No more Non-Binding Plebiscites!
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Stronger Together: Vote YES on the Citizens' Assembly Recommendation.
Victoria & Saanich are best served by merging into one unified city.
>> https://t.co/q9N2GfEPWi <<
Vote YES this October
Just so we’re clear, this is the City of Abbotsford, on its own, by itself, holding an improptu emergency press conference that it broadcasts on its own YouTube channel…. while the enormous BCgov communciations apparatus is mostly silent.
I'd vote for the person who'll push for regional change ie: @AmalgamationYes - otherwise anyone who knows how to use the term #Gaslighting correctly-"Andrew says people tell him they’re fed up with ideologues and being “gaslit” by council members..."
https://t.co/hq9JMxc5dO
"It is also the time to remind yourself that when you post something out of anger, frustration, fear, or heartbreak, there are other families out there feeling all those same things and reading your words that may be hurtful."
BREAKING NEWS:
Another 100 bodies found in Manitoba, Brandon Residential school, was posted 56 minutes ago. Sad the 215 is now 315, and it’s gonna get a lot bigger after these investigations keep going.